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July 11, 2013

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UN: Knock-knock.

Vatican: Who's there?
UN: United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Vatican: "United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child" who?
UN: United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child demands details of thousands of pedophilia cases involving Catholic clergy since 1995.
Vatican: Uh-oh.

However, the Holy See can take solace that atheist Stephen Marche of Esquire thinks Pope Francis is "kind of awesome."

Center for American Progress offers up "three facts" about religion and violence, but I'd be wary of calling them facts. For example: "Religion is . . . rarely the sole motivator for action." How rare is "rarely"?

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Paul Fidalgo has been communications director of the Center for Inquiry since 2012. He holds a master’s degree in political management from George Washington University, and has worked previously for FairVote: The Center for Voting and Democracy and the Secular Coalition for America. Paul is also an actor and musician whose work includes five years performing with the American Shakespeare Center. He lives in Maine with his wife and kids. His blog at the Patheos network is iMortal, and he tweets at @paulfidalgo.